Monday 6th April 2026

Returning Staffs 2026 Arrival

Blithfield Resv 

Pair of Ring-necked Duck Yeatsall Bank, Yellow Wagtail over Admaston Reach, (MPR,GJM)  -  The pair of RN Duck still at Yeatsall Bank at 15;40 keeping close to the trees on the water's edge seen from Beech Tree Point, also 1st win Kittiwake still and Common Sandpiper, (RPo)  -  2x YL Gull, Red Kite, (RBe)  -  Female Common Scoter at deep end, (JAl)

Belvide Resv

2x Avocet, 4x Black-tailed Godwit, 3x Wheatear, 6x White Wagtail, 2x Goshawk (BB)  -  Brambling, 2x Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, 2x Dunlin, 5x LRP, Redshank, 4x Ringed Plover, 3x Wheatear, 2x Grey Wagtail, 2x White Wagtail, (SE, HF)

                                                       Brambling by Steve Edwards

Gailey Resv

7x Gadwall, Pochard, Oystercatcher, Snipe, (JIs)

Berryhill

15x Common Gull thru, 2x Wheatear, (JOa)

Alton

2x Swallow, (TEy)

Chasewater

4x Teal, Goosander, Pochard, 2x Oystercatcher, 4x Common Sandpiper, 4x Ringed Plover, Curlew, 5x Blackcap, 7x Willow Warbler, 2x Treecreeper, (CMa, LM)

Middleton Lakes

Sedge Warbler, 3x White Wagtail, 23x Avocet, Curlew, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plover, LRP, Curlew, Dunlin, 4x Pochard, (MSm)  -  2x Black-tailed Godwit, 2x Dunlin, 2x Common Sandpiper, 5x Ringed Plover, (KayD)

Branston GPs

2x Common Sandpiper, 3x Green Sandpiper, 3x Redshank, 2x Avocet, 3x Ringed Plover, 9x Curlew, 12x Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Great Egret, 2x Little Egret, 17x Goldeneye, 18x Shelduck, Mandarin, 52x Gadwall, 36x Shoveler, 40x Teal, 25x Little Grebe, Common Gull, Green Woodpecker, 2x Red Kite, White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, 5x Redpoll, 16x Linnet, Swallow, 40x Sand Martin, 16x Blackcap, 3x Cetti's Warbler, (JWo, CEc, Dean)

Doxey Marsh

Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Goosander, Gadwall, Teal, Blackcap, Cetti's Warbler, Reed Bunting, (AGo)  -  2x Shelduck, 5x Shoveler, 12x Gadwall, Wigeon, 66x Teal, Pochard, 2x Goosander, 2x Oystercatcher, 15x Lapwing, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, 3x GC Grebe, Little Egret, Great Egret, 2x Skylark, Swallow, 2x Cetti's Warbler, (CAFH)

Tittesworth Water

Common Sandpiper, 2x LRP, Swallow, Willow Warbler, 3x Shoveler, 3x Blackcap, 14x Chiffchaff, 2x Grey Wagtail, (SGi)